Robinson v Harman
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1843 |
| Year | 1843 |
| Court | Court of Exchequer Chamber |
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Fulton Shipping Inc. of Panama (Respondents/Owners) v Globalia Business Travel S.A.U. (Formerly Travelplan S.A.U.) (Appellants/Charterers)
...shortly in the light of the facts which he had found. He reminded himself of the well known principle laid down by Parke B in Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Exch. 850 that a party who sustains loss by reason of a breach of contract is to be placed, so far as money can do it, in the same positio......
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Bunge SA v Nidera BV (formerly known as Nidera Handelscompagnie BV)
...party is "so far as money can do it to be placed in the same situation with respect to damages as if the contract had been performed": Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Exch 850, 855 (Parke B). In a contract of sale where there is an available market, this is ordinarily achieved by comparing the c......
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Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha (the "Golden Victory")
...should compensate the victim of the breach for the loss of his contractual bargain. The principle was succinctly stated by Parke B in Robinson v. Harman 1 Ex 850 at 855 and remains as valid now as it was then. "The rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a......
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Breach of Contract and 'Unjust' Enrichment
...as to what the law of contract should be. 1 Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Exch 850; [1843-60] All ER 383, at 385. 2 (1848) 1 Exch 850; [1843-60] All ER Rep 383. 3 McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1950) 84 CLR 377; Watts v Morrow [1991] 4 All ER 937; [1991] 1 WLR 1421. © 2010 Alan Bun......